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... the ... the store near what it lacks increase on January first ... there could be some more good news from Washington and also will find out today why the rain Aeon's foreign minister doesn't want to talk to or Klane ... welcomed opinion Journal I've were here first awash in our senior economics writer Steve Moore Steve thanks for joining us ... against ... Stevens Ifo while lock likely it now appears that the ... that all of the Bush tax cuts are going to be extended and you've been predicting a two-year extension of these things which are ... again the most likely with the of the Senate votes of last weekend ... looking at this now given the of the moment of the Republicans have on this ... I'm wondering if they wanted the push for a call for a five-year extension as opposed to the two or three that looks to be on the table ... Forstall James you know it I have been saying ... all along that I thought this would get done but last week I became very uncertain about of them a visit ... you know the Liberals were digging in their ideals and so was the president so I've been a very good mood today but this looks like it's piling in to get done I think it will buy you know provide some juice for the economy and Anelka rosette rid of some of that answer me ... you know your question about whether or not Republicans can hold up for more ... I kind of doubted him and the goal that Republicans are going have to swallow ... to get these tax cuts extended of course will be the unemployment insurance extension which ... would show we've said many times on the page we think that will increase unemployment write ... to discourage the incentives for people to look for work that ... now of what ... should I guess the other part of this is the of ... what they're calling tax credits now of ... I'm I'm suspicious now margin talks about tax credits and what ... what are these the credits that are going to be part of the package ... along with extending the tax cuts ... well I'm a major setback of Annika that I've neglected to say one thing that support about these tax extensions the tax rate reduction ... in our case we still don't know exactly how many years they will be extended out some are saying to your summer saying maybe three years ... other Democrats were saying only one year ... the point is that you not to make to get these ... tax rate reductions the top ... end of the maximum amount of economic use for the economy at half the make of ... it are brendan or at least make some opera want your iPod because of their only two years ... that's can lead to manage it the ability to hurt the business bad and ... the women to make investment decisions well of these ... the specs of the of the poet's the beaches ... it seems to me you have Democrats wanting of wanting to get a bunch of things done in this lame duck after they get the tax issue concluded ... isn't there some leverage here for Republicans to say OK before we get to that we know you want some more things done ... we really want long-term because of the impact on the economy in terms of creating incentives ... yes I wish they had held up for more your site my guess is this can be two years ... I don't think Republicans are going to get a win that that ... concession from the Democrats and ... and and your point about the tax credits ... most of these things are springs that did not help the economy the things that simply deplete the out ... the revenue base of the income tax system so ... I'm ... but again that's or the price the Republicans are going to have to pay ... to get those tax rate reductions accelerated by the way ... that includes capital gains dividends and Pursell an CompX rates the other outstanding ensure her James is what's gonna happen to the death tax which is still way up in the air or ... twenty seven days or so from the start of the fiscal year ... that certain that we of the editorial in the paper today of course on that ... is there are any of the outline of the deal there is a complete unknown ... how that gets addressed in this deal ... did still unknown James and Jon Kyl the son of error of Republican from not from Arizona has been working on a deal with orange lichen and others to try to get a thirty five percent rate ... you know to me that's the absolute maximum ... I'm not even very happy with that deal ... but that liberals are holding out for a forty five or fifty five percent ... the facts which would mean the government can still confiscate ... awe of more than half of a person's wealth at the time of doubt ... OK so of ... I would say they Republicans and some leverage or the even a little more aggressive but though the good news of from Washington is of no tax increases as far as individuals go on January first ... that's a good day James today for taxpayer ... debt crises ... and though I were going to talk about I guess Sadove is a bad day for Hillary Clinton on a bed evening maybe it's a good evening Brett Stevens's series or global view columnist and a ... these are jealous about this interesting event ... I guess Friday night in Bahrain the ... searchers did or what makes a speech and she said an event that ... she made several attempts apparel industry the Iranian Foreign minister and he really didn't want audit he runs away but didn't ... do it ... there's actually a history here ... back in two thousand as the second intifada was beginning ... Matalin all right actually chased after Yasser Arafat when he walked out of the meeting with Israeli Prime Minister and ... in Paris ... a few years later something similar happened with Congolese of rice literally trying to get the eye of the ... Iranian Foreign Minister and in other regional conference in Travel sake ... and now ... you've got this I think the the the what this tells you is if ... you're the U S effort to save the new literally have to go chasing after ... the Foreign Minister of a row country ... you're probably having done the wrong path ... but it ... all ... as the Celestial is is is full of from wiki leaks but are saying this is going to step it up real interest to lead busy lives rapid before in which the rain Aeon's have been very keen to avoid ... these kinds of service called spontaneous diplomatic ... encounters partly I think that this reflects ... um ... if Iran's considerations that are going to be taken by surprise remember most talking to the region for Mr is the foreign Minister ... of of of Port Erin totalitarian country he he operates with instructions ... but they this this all happen the real news is this all happens ... as he ran his announcing that it is now ... using domestic reminded ... uranium for its for its enrichment facilities ... that means they have what they claim at least they have control ... of the nuclear ... fuel cycle that also happens in tandem ... with just a few weeks after we learn that the North Koreans have a very advanced uranium enrichment facility ... we know that the North Koreans in the rain Aeon's cooperate very closely on this ... so ... what it's all the bottom line is that our efforts to control Rovers teams from acquiring ... trading in disseminating ... nuclear materiel nuclear weapons is rapidly crumbling ... again so ... the ... basic level the suggests that discussion negotiation with this regime is not the type to be very fruitful given that the images below is a challenge ... will we know from the wiki leaks is that the of Ciruli the Arab states that are fearful of a rent ... don't understand why the Europeans and securely also the U S ... have been pursuing a negotiated strategy for as long as they have ... the rain Aeon's time and again make it perfectly clear that they're not going to abandon ... their nuclear program that it's full steam ahead for the ... book is or what you can read this as ... jewelry ... Clinton has done a good job ... and that therefore of the ... Iranians are ... afraid to deal with the ... book when the Obama administration came to office there was a defensible rationale for trying to reach a diplomatic settlement with the rain Aeon's there was a perception ... I think the wrong perception but the perception of glass that was pushed administration intransigence ... that has kept the rain Aeon's away from the table with for making a deal ... that you know the Obama proposal administration pursue diplomacy for year ... if that was for the sake of proving it to Western constituencies ... that there was nothing to be gained by diplomatic approach ... well that time has now passed straight days of improving things for ... me ... and basically stem back tomorrow never didn't Easter for opinion Journal I've thanks ...